After a roadside investigation, the officer arrested Mr. Bednarz, who at the Police Department registered a blood-alcohol reading of 0.19 percent on a breath test, police said. Under state law, a driver is considered impaired at .08 percent.

Mr. Bednarz was found guilty in the Dudley ocourt f drunken driving in January 1988 and October 1991, and of the same offense in Worcester's Central District Court in October 1995.

In the Worcester court, he was placed on probation for drunken driving in March 1988.